Power outage history
Forrest County Mississippi
1.9hours
without power for the average customer in a typical year, 2018–2025
68th most of 74 in Mississippi 71% below the national median
Every day since 2015
Eleven years, one night at a time
Each cell is a day. The brighter it is, the larger the share of Forrest's customers who were without power at that day's worst moment.
Year by year
Hours in the dark, per customer
2020 was the worst well-recorded year, at 3.8 hours for the average customer. Hatched years have a thin record and are left out of the averages.
Forrest, hours without power per customer
The record
The biggest outages since 2015
Ranked by customer-hours lost: customers out multiplied by how long they stayed out. Times are local.
| Began | Storm | Peak out | Share | Lasted | 90% restored | Customer-hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 21, 2017 | Tornadoes | 12,691 | 29% | 2.4 d | 46 h | 261k |
| Nov 20, 2017 | No storm report | 770 | 2% | 9.1 d | – | 154k |
| Oct 28, 2020 | Hurricane Zeta | 5,408 | 12% | 41 h | 31 h | 73k |
| Apr 19, 2020 | Thunderstorms | 5,654 | 13% | 8.5 h | 7.8 h | 34k |
| Dec 8, 2017 | Winter storm | 4,171 | 9% | 13 h | 11 h | 31k |
| Jun 14, 2023 | Thunderstorms | 3,663 | 8% | 9.0 h | 8.5 h | 15k |
| Apr 12, 2020 | No storm report | 2,209 | 5% | 9.0 h | – | 11k |
| Jun 10, 2022 | Thunderstorms | 3,147 | 7% | 5.8 h | 5.0 h | 11k |
| Aug 30, 2021 | Hurricane Ida | 1,860 | 4% | 9.8 h | – | 11k |
| Oct 26, 2019 | Tropical Storm Olga | 2,946 | 7% | 7.2 h | 13 h | 8.4k |
| Mar 30, 2022 | Tornadoes | 1,775 | 4% | 9.2 h | – | 8.0k |
| May 29, 2016 | No storm report | 1,121 | 3% | 7.0 h | – | 7.6k |
| Dec 9, 2017 | No storm report | 1,428 | 3% | 7.0 h | – | 6.9k |
| May 13, 2024 | Thunderstorms | 1,426 | 3% | 7.5 h | – | 6.5k |
| Sep 23, 2017 | No storm report | 1,329 | 3% | 7.0 h | – | 6.4k |
| Jun 16, 2023 | Thunderstorms | 3,354 | 8% | 7.0 h | 6.8 h | 6.1k |
| Mar 15, 2025 | Windstorm | 1,621 | 4% | 4.5 h | – | 5.4k |
| Aug 8, 2021 | No storm report | 1,901 | 4% | 3.0 h | – | 5.4k |
| Sep 12, 2024 | Hurricane Francine | 1,196 | 3% | 5.2 h | – | 4.5k |
| May 5, 2023 | Thunderstorms | 2,567 | 6% | 4.2 h | 4.2 h | 4.4k |
| Jan 8, 2024 | Thunderstorms | 2,265 | 5% | 6.5 h | 2.8 h | 4.1k |
| Jun 18, 2022 | Thunderstorms | 2,921 | 7% | 2.5 h | 1.5 h | 4.1k |
| Apr 24, 2021 | Thunderstorms | 1,245 | 3% | 4.8 h | – | 3.9k |
| Jan 9, 2019 | No storm report | 2,488 | 6% | 1.5 h | 30 min | 3.7k |
| Jun 13, 2021 | Thunderstorms | 1,755 | 4% | 3.5 h | – | 3.7k |
| Dec 19, 2019 | No storm report | 1,683 | 4% | 2.5 h | – | 3.5k |
| Dec 27, 2024 | Tornadoes | 1,372 | 3% | 4.5 h | – | 3.4k |
| Jul 30, 2023 | No storm report | 2,566 | 6% | 2.0 h | 1.5 h | 3.4k |
| Dec 28, 2024 | No storm report | 961 | 2% | 5.5 h | – | 3.3k |
| Jan 16, 2022 | No storm report | 945 | 2% | 3.8 h | – | 3.2k |
After the peak
How fast the lights come back
Each line is one major outage, from its peak. The amber line is the typical path.
When it happens
The outage clock
Customer-hours out by month (rings, January innermost) and local hour, 2018–2025.
What was happening
Weather behind the outages
Each outage is matched to NOAA storm reports for Forrest from twelve hours before it began to its peak. Matching shows coincidence, not proof of cause.
- Thunderstorms 32%
- No storm on record 32%
- Tropical storm 29%
- Tornadoes 4.5%
- Windstorm 1.8%
- Flooding 0.8%
Who keeps the lights on
Utilities serving Forrest
As each utility reports to the Energy Information Administration for its whole Mississippi territory, not this county alone. Outage minutes include major storm days.
| Utility | Type | Outage min / yr | Excl. major storms | Outages / yr | Residential ¢/kWh | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi Power Co | Investor Owned | 105 | 76 | 1.03 | 15.7 | 158k |
| Southern Pine Electric Cooperative | Cooperative | 649 | 447 | 5.46 | 14.5 | 66k |
| Pearl River Valley El Pwr Assn | Cooperative | 295 | 261 | 3.79 | 15.6 | 53k |
| Dixie Electric Power Assn | Cooperative | 349 | 211 | 2.73 | 13.9 | 38k |
EIA Form 861, latest year each utility reported. Outage minutes are SAIDI, the yearly minutes the average customer goes without power; outages a year are SAIFI.
Next door
Neighbouring counties
About these numbers
Notes
Outages come from the EAGLE-I record of utility outage maps collected every 15 minutes by Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Hours without power are customer-hours divided by the county's 44,433 electricity customers. Averages use well-covered years from 2018. Outages shorter than 15 minutes, and utilities that publish no outage map, are not in the record, so these figures understate the total. How every number is made →